Article of headwear



March 22, 1955 T. T. ARNOLD ARTICLE OF HEADWEAR Filed on. 15. 1952Thomas 7? Arnold INVENTOR.

I M Attorneys United States Patent ARTICLE OF HEADWEAR Thomas T. Arnold,Jacksonville, Fla.

Application October 13, 1952, Serial No. 314,444

1 Claim. (Cl. 2-198) This invention relates to new and usefulimprovements and structural refinements in headwear, particularly caps,and the principal object of the invention 1s to provide a novel capincluding a handkerchief style head covering portion and a visorequipped with a removable stiffening anel.

p Another feature of the invention resides in the provision of a headencircling band for sustaining the cap in position on the head, thearrangement of the band being coordinated with the structure of thevisor.

Some of the advantages of the invention reside in its simplicity ofconstruction, in its pleasing appearance and in its adaptability toeconomical manufacture.

With the above more important objects and features in view, and suchother objects and features as may become apparent as this specificationproceeds, the invention consists essentially of the arrangement andconstruction of parts as illustrated in the accompanying drawings, inwhich:

Figure 1 is an underside perspective view of the 1nvention;

Figure 2 is a front perspective view thereof;

Figure 3 is a fragmentary sectional detail, taken substantially in theplane of the line 3-3 in Figure 2, and

Figure 4 is a fragmentary perspective detail illustrating the entranceto the visor pocket in a partly open position.

Like characters of reference are employed to designate like parts in thespecification and throughout the several views.

Referring now to the accompanying drawings in detail, the inventionconsists of an article of headwear which is designated generally by thereference character and embodies in its construction a handkerchiefstyle portion 12 which is adapted to cover the head and dependdownwardly therefrom at the back, while a hollow visor 14 is provided atthe front of the cap, as shown.

The visor consists of upper and lower walls 16, 18 respectively whichdefine therebetween a pocket 20 for a removable stiffener panel 22. Thispocket has an entrance opening at the back edge of the visor, wherebythe stiffener panel may be removed or replaced, as desired.

A band 24 is conncted to or formed integrally with the top wall 16 ofthe visor, while a similar band 26 is connected to or formed integrallywith the bottom wall 18. The bands 24, 26 are disposed at the entranceof the pocket 20 and the band 24 is stitched to the portion 12 asindicated at 30 so that the band 24 constitutes the front region of theportion 12. The band 26 underlies the band 24 as shown.

The band 24 is provided with a plurality of spaced, vertical slits 32which afford passages for elastic strap 36, the latter being equippedwith suitable buckles 38, or the like, and being adapted to encircle thehead, so as to sustain the cap in position. It will be noted that byvirtue of the passages 32, the strip 36 is threaded in and out of theband 24, so that longitudinally spaced portions of the strip are exposedat the front of the band, while the intervening, longitudinally spacedportions of the strip are disposed between the two bands 24, 26.

A sweat band 40 underlies the band 26 and has a doubled lower portion40a which carries a plurality of snap fastener elements 42. Thesefastener elements extend through apertures 44 provided in the band 26and are separably engaged with coacting fastener elements 46 provided onthe inside of the band 24. In this manner, the fastener elements 42, 46constitute a closure for the entrance of the pocket 20, and by simplyremoving the sweat band 40 upon separation of the elements 42, 46, theentrance to the pocket may be opened and the stiffener panel 22 removedor replaced, as desired.

It is believed that the advantages and use of the invention will beclearly understood from the foregoing disclosure and accordingly,further description thereof at this point is deemed unnecessary.

While in'the foregoing there has been shown and described the preferredembodiment of this invention, it is to be understood that minor changesin the details of construction and arrangement of parts may be resortedto without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention asclaimed.

Having described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

An article of headwear comprising a head covering portion, a hollowvisor having upper and lower walls and defining a pocket having anentrance at the back edge of the visor, an upper band attached to theupper wall of the visor at the entrance to said pocket, said headcovering portion having a front region secured to the band on the upperwall of the visor, a lower band attached to the lower wall of the visorat the entrance to said pocket and underlying said front region of thehead covering portion, a removable visor panel disposed in said pocket,a strap attached to said upper band for encircling the wearers head,closure means for detachably connecting said bands together, and a sweatband underlying said lower band, said closure means comprising a set offastening elements provided on said upper band, and a set of coactingfastening elements provided on said sweat band, said lower band having aplurality of apertures the fastening elements in one set extendingthrough the apertures in said lower band and engaging the fasteningelements of the other set.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS1,207,440 Raudnitz Dec. 5, 1916 1,239,910 Harris Sept. 11, 19171,506,815 Cormay Sept. 2, 1924 FOREIGN PATENTS 946,125 France Dec. 6,1948

